FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, November 16, 2009Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed POR by 9 after three quarters and won 99–95.

Final · OT
POR95
ATL99
Q1 ATL -8; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL -9; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +4
Final
CHA91
ORL97
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +6
Final · OT
DAL115
MIL113
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +2
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2008–09Nov 16, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ NYK), 39 points.
The lead · POR @ ATL

Joe Johnson scores 35, Atlanta rallies past Portland

Atlanta trailed by 9 after three and won 99–95.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8-5-90+4ATL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
POR282019181095
ATL202315271499
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 19, 26, 13, 22, 19, 24, 26, 35ATL35 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 20, 7, 12, 14, 13, 22, 22, 14, 17, 20ATL20 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Rudy FernandezPoints, last 10 games: 7, 1, 3, 3, 5, 7, 15, 0, 10, 19POR19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 27, 6, 20, 8, 19, 16, 11, 20, 11, 18POR18 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CHA @ ORL

Charlotte's skid reaches five

Orlando won 97–91; the Bobcats fall to 3–7. Jameer Nelson led Orlando with 16 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · CHA
L@ BOS59–92Wvs NYK102–100L@ CLE79–90Wvs NJN79–68Wvs ATL103–83L@ CHI90–93Lvs ORL81–93L@ DET75–98Lvs POR74–80L@ ORL91–97CHA: last 10 games through Nov 16, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg19.5Last 3

19.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 10 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.7Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.7 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists.

Cooling off
−7.7points, today vs 2008–09 avg
Points per game
17.72008–09 avg10Today

10 points today in 34 minutes, against 17.7 a game in 2008–09 (79 games).

Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 35

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 19, 26, 13, 22, 19, 24, 26, 35ATL vs POR · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 40, 12, 29, 23, 29, 20, 25, 32DAL @ MIL · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Flip MurrayPoints, last 6 games: 15, 7, 4, 11, 2, 31CHA @ ORL · L
11.7 PPG season to date · +23.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 8 games: 17, 24, 25, 9, 17, 32, 55, 25MIL vs DAL · L
25.5 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 7 games: 2, 2, 8, 2, 9, 11, 22DAL @ MIL · W
8.0 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Boris DiawPoints, last 10 games: 6, 17, 7, 14, 10, 20, 14, 7, 21, 21CHA @ ORL · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high21 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST